Partex Group chairman and former Member of Parliament MA Hashem has been put on life support at a hospital in the capital.
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"He was admitted to Evercare Hospital on December 11 after he tested positive for Covid-19," AGM of the company Nahid Yousuf told UNB on Wednesday.
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“Several media reported that he has expired. Actually he is now in critical condition at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital,” he said.
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However, Hashem joined the BNP before the 2001 general elections and elected MP from Noakhali-2 constituency.